Garment support and hand rest



April 17, 1934. F. R. WHITE GARMENT SUPPORT AND HAND REST Filed Sept. 1, 1933 gww/wtocj Ikazziclz'n R.Whii'e, W MM iatented Apr. 17, 1934 UNQTED STATES PAEENT? FFECE GARMENT SUPPORT AND HAND REST Application September 1, 1933, Serial No. 687,899

6 Claims.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for button attaching machine stands, and more particularly to a garment support and hand rest.

B As is well known to those skilled in the art, button attaching machines are mounted either singly or in pairs on a standard or base, while the operator sits or stands at the machine and operates the same by a foot pedal (that is, throws in i and out a clutch, as the machines are poweroperated), thus leaving the hands free to place the garment under the jaws of the machine and over the anvil, so that on an operation of the clutch a plunger descends, drives a button head down upon a tack which, in turn, pierces the cloth and fastens the button in place.

One of the objects, therefore, of the present invention is to provide an adjustable rail or rest to be secured to the base or stand of the button E6 attaching machine, so that the operator may support the garment and also his hands on the rail or rest during the feeding of the garment to the machine.

In the attachment of the buttons to overalls and especially to the fly, the garment is progressively fed for a number of inches and the buttons attached in a remarkably rapid manner. I have found, however, that if there is a garment rest provided immediately in front of the anvil, the garment may be fed by the operator in a more rapid manner, and the operator will not tire nearly as quickly when there is some means provided for properly supporting the weight of the garment, and also the arms of the operator.

Still another object, therefore, of the invention is to provide a garment support and arm rest that may be quickly adjusted to suit the convenience of the operator, the adjustments being possible in both a vertical and a horizontal plane.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable garment and arm support that may be conveniently adjusted for the operator and, at the same time, may be quickly swung out of position, if necessary, to clean the lint out of the tack-holding jaws or to clean the tucker slide mechanism. Under all ordinary conditions, however, the rest will in no way interfere with either the cleaning of the machine or the operation of the hand lever that is sometimes used to operate the tucker slide, should a tack become jammed on the anvil.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a garment support and hand rest in the form of an adjustable rail, so that not only will the weight of the garment be properly supported during the attaching operation, and the arms of the operator also be supported, but furthermore the rest or support will in no way interfere with either the normal mechanical operation of the machine or with the manual operation or cleaning of the machine, which is at times necessary.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing showing a preferred embodiment,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the stand or base on which the button attaching machines are to be supported and showing the garment support and hand rest attached;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing a fragmentary portion of the stand and the garment and hand rest in position;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the stand, showing the rest in adjusted position; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of one of the joints of the garment support and hand rest.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, I have shown a fragmentary portion of a double roll chute stand, on which there will be mounted two button attaching machines, although it is to be understood that the rest, in a smaller size, might be attached to a stand designed to support only one attaching machine.

I have not shown the button attaching machine per se, as the rest may be supplied to a stand, on which any of the well-known types of button attaching machines are supported, and it will be understood, of course, that the invention relates to the garment support and hand rest, and not to the button attaching machine.

Referring now for the moment to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, there is fragmentarily shown a stand or base having the sides 1 and the top 2, which latter is provided with the bosses 3 and 4, on which are mounted the button attaching machines (not shown).

It might be mentioned that there are openings 5 provided near the forward end of the top, through which the lower part of the anvils (not shown) extend.

Near the front of the stand and in the top 105 plate 2 are provided the two threaded holes 6, for the reception of bolts 7, so that the two bracket arms 8 may be supported thereby.

The lower ends of these bracket arms 8 are provided with the openings 9, so that bolts 10 Q10 may be passed through the openings and, in turn, threaded within the plugs 11 that are driven into the respective opposite ends 12 of the rail.

This rail may be of tubular formation, having the U-shaped bends l3 and the main portion 14 which extends completely across the front of the stand and for an appreciable distance to the opposite sides thereof.

As may be seen in Fig. 4, look washers 15 may be mounted beneath the heads of the bolts and, in the same way, other lock washers may be used behind the bolts 7.

Other forms of connection between the tubular rail and the bracket arms might be employed, but the means shown have proved very convenient, as the rail may be quickly attached to the standard by the bolts 7 and, in a like manner, the brackets may then be swung so that the rail may be raised and lowered to the desired height and to the desired distance in a horizontal plane from the forward edge of the machine or stand. After the adjustment has been made, the bolts may be tightly clamped in place with a wrench, and the rail will then be kept in this position until a different operator is put on the machine,

when a slightly different adjustment might be desirable.

It will be seen that by the provision of a garment rest and hand support of this kind, the weight of the garment may be conveniently supported. Thus, the operator will not tire nearly as quickly, as the continuous handling of overalls, work coats, and other similar garments ordinarily tires the operator relatively soon, and the buttons will not be attached in as rapid a manner as when a rest of this kind is provided.

Furthermore, the operator, having the garments to be worked on at her one side, may easily reach down, lift a garment, and slide it up over the U-bend at one side of the rail to its proper registering position on the front of the rail and, after attaching the buttons, will simply push the garment to the left, where it will slide down off the other U-bend of the rail to the floor, thus facilitating the entire handling of the garment. Also, by forming the U-bends as shown, there are no sharp corners to in any way snag or retard the handling of the garment by the operator.

It will also be seen that the rest in no way interferes with the occasional cleaning of the machine or relieving the machine of any jammed buttons or tacks, and should it be desired to swing the rest out of the way for any reason whatever it is but the matter of a moment to loosen either set of bolts and swing the rail from its set position.

I do not wish in any way to be limited to a tubular rail or other minor details of construction, as many slight variations might be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a button attaching machine stand, bracket arms pivotally mounted upon said stand and contiguous to the front edges thereof, a rail having its ends pivotally connected to the said bracket arms, the rail extending across the front of the stand and capable of vertical and horizontal adjustments.

2. In combination with a button attaching machine stand, a rail extending across the forward edge of the machine and having U-shaped bends near its opposite ends, brackets pivotally secured to the U-shaped bends and the brackets also pivotally secured to the stand whereby the rail is capable of both vertical and horizontal adjustments.

3. In combination with a button attaching machine stand, a rail bent inwardly on itself near its opposite ends, bracket arms pivotally secured to said ends, the remaining ends of said bracket arms pivotally secured to said stand adjacent the forward edge of the top of the stand, and the pivotal connection between the bracket arms and the stand and the bracket arms and the rail capable of being locked in a desired set position.

4. A garment support and arm rest including a tubular rail having U-shaped bends near its opposite ends, bracket arms pivotally secured to the said ends of the rail, the upper ends of the said bracket arms adapted to be lockably secured to a button attaching machine stand, the rail extending beyond the opposite sides of the said stand and said rail being capable of Vertical and horizontal adjustments.

5. A garment support and arm rest including a rail, having inwardly turned ends, arms pivotally secured to said ends, said arms adapted to be pivotally secured to the stand of a button attaching machine, the pivotal means capable of being tightened to thus lock the rail in the desired horizontal and vertical planes.

6. A garment support and arm rest including a rail having its ends turned back on itself, the ends being spaced a distance apart, arms pivotally secured to said ends and adapted to be also pivotally secured to the forward edge of a stand to thereby provide vertical and horizontal adjusting of the rail.

FRANKLIN R. WHITE. 

